He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
(The Oresteia - Agamemnon, 458 BCE)
Aeschylus
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. Wisdom comes alone through suffering. I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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